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Temat: British attitudes to Poles:
Tatiana S.:
Rafal Wolk:Poles are racist. (to non-white minorities in Britain).
Agreed, but that goes for a lot of different european cultures as well. It is deeply ruted christianity and false nationalism.
American, too. You always read schholbook stories of the "melting pot" and one single visit to Arkansas can change this forever, not to mention places like the Houston Gulfton ghetto. The xenophobia in Arkansas is almost proverbial. And, more importantly, ot works both ways and Afroamerican/Hispanic populations enjoy mingling with the white population about as much as a preschooler enjoys his daily spinach. I'm making a huge generalization here though, maybe a bit of a hasty one too. What I mean is that a certain level of xenophobia is usually reached within most societies; some of them revert to gas chambers, Ku Klux Klan, and the others accept the diversity. In Poland, which had been a "WPC" (White Polish Catholic) country for years, it wasn't easy for people to accept the new order which, inevitably, brought immigrants from other countries. I think there are places in Poland where dark skin is no real problem - being Vietnamese, Chinese, Belarussian or a Gypsy
I once drove to Chicago from NYC. When in Indiana, we stopped at a store to pick up some snacks and drinks. After walking in, first thing we noticed was couple of skinheads with iron cross, spider webs and other such great symbols tattooed all over their bodies. The melting pot stops at the borders of every major metropolis. Not to say that this is a picture of every small town in US, because it is simply not true. However, I went to HS in a small town in Jersey. One would think that being this close to NYC racial prejudice would have been something not very common. Unfortunately it was not. I do agree, that reverse racism is also something of an issue here. It is probably far greater than actual racism at this point. What you do have to keep in mind is that, granted, in Poland people are "edgy" around anyone east of our borders for reasons deeply rooted in our culture. Here, those roots are still very close to surface and while Poland has been pretty much free of invasions, pogroms and other such attrocities, people of color in states were still being lynched not too long ago. In some cases groups like the Aryan Brotherhood or the KKK are still very much present in some parts of the country. A little piece of information that I picked up living in NJ. It was the biggest mecca of nazis and Klan's men in the past and this past still echos loudly now and again. Don't forget "racial profiling" aka "driving while black" is also something that was brought forth in NJ... no more than what? 10 years ago or so?
